DVD
The death of Louis XIV = La mort de Louis XIV
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Languages
In French, with English subtitles.
Performers
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Patrick d'Assumçao.
Publication Information
[New York] : Cinema Guild, 2017.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (118 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
Versailles, August 1715. Back from hunting, Louis XIV feels pain in his leg. A serious fever erupts, which marks the beginning of the agony of the greatest King of France. Surrounded by a horde of doctors and his closest counselors who come in turns at his bedside sensing the impending power vacuum, the Sun King struggles to run the country from his bed.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2016.
Special features: Film Society of Lincoln Center presents Jean-Pierre Léaud & Albert Serra Q&A at NYFF54 ; Cuba libre (2013, 18 minutes), a film by Albert Serra ; theatrical trailer.